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Tag: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

  • Juvenile, Female, And Male Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers

    December 8, 2025 Three slightly different looks of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius). This one, a juvenile, looking very speckled. They have this look until their first major molt by early spring. A female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Notice that she has a brilliant red cap but her throat is white. And the male sitting at the…

  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker At The Birdbath

    November 28, 2025 Even when it’s cold, like now, birds need water. Here a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) enjoys having some water available at the birdbath. _______________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!

  • A Woodpecker That Migrates

    November 10, 2025 A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), here for the winter. While here in Virginia they drill sapwells into trees to drink the sap. The sap attracts ants, spiders, and moths which are also part of their diet, along with berries from the likes of Poison Ivy, Black Gum, Virginia Creeper, Hackberry, Eastern Red…

  • Overnight Snow

    Pure pleasure to wake up this morning to have 7.5 inches of snow and sleet covering everything as if someone had poured Marshmallow Fluff over the entire landscape. It was a busy day for the birds. I put out an extra suet feeder and loads of hulled sunflower seeds. Surely it was because of the…

  • A Very Quiet Afternoon

    Outside on a very quiet afternoon. No sounds at all except for a call that is not familiar at all to me. Sort of a quick nasally mewy sound. I’m hearing this sound maybe once every couple minutes. Finally I see the source of the calls. It’s a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) further up in…